ADOPTION

Actress Cate Blanchett has a new member in her family. People reports that Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton recently adopted a girl. Edith Upton is the first daughter for the couple. The pair already have three sons.
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New Delhi: As many as 661 MPs have so far adopted a village under the Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana, launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 11 last year with an aim of overall development of rural areas.
Of them, 485 are from Lok Sabha and 176 are from Rajya...

Vadodara: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has decided to adopt Karnali group panchayat villages in Gujarat's Vadodara district as part of the 'Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojna', a senior official has said.
Four villages of Karnali, Pipaliya, Vadiya and Baglipura are covered under Karnali group panchayat of Dabhoi taluka. Vadodara District Collector...

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of "copying" his schemes of adopting villages and constructing toilets.
"He (Modi) is talking about adopting villages. I have adopted villages in 1990. The Prime Minister is copying me. I have done all this. I have initiated...

New Delhi: Major reforms being carried out by the central government will enable prospective adoptive parents to get a child within a period of maximum of four months, Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi said here Monday.
Briefing the newly-constituted consultative committee of parliament attached to the ministry, she highlighted...

Mathura: Actress-politician Hema Malini has adopted Raval village in Uttar Pradesh under the Sansad Adarsh Gram Yojana announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his Independence Day address.
"People keep chanting Radhe Radhe in the entire Raval but no one has ever thought of developing this village across the Yamuna river....

Varanasi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi adopted Jayapur village in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi under the Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana, he pledged support to develop it and asked people to do their bit too to ensure that it becomes a better place.
"I want to do a lot of work for Jayapur,...

Thiruvananthapuram: At least 800 childless couples in Kerala are waiting to adopt a child, but the availability of children in orphanages is a big issue as just 72 are waiting for adoption. The couples say the legal procedures are daunting.
Ambika and Anil Kumar have not been able to have a...

Vadodara: An elderly couple was allegedly killed by their adopted daughter and her boyfriend in Tirupati Society in Manjalpur locality of Vadodara city, police said.
"A 16-year-old girl and her 21-year-old boyfriend Sapan Purani were arrested for killing 63-year-old Shrihari Vinod and his 60-year-old wife Sneha in their house located...

New Delhi: New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi on Thursday adopted Old Pilanji village in her constituency to develop it as a model village under a scheme envisaged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
"Following the appeal of PM Modi during Independence Day address, I have today adopted Old Pilanji village to develop...

Bogota: Colombia's Constitutional Court has ruled that a lesbian woman could adopt her longtime partner's daughter, though the ruling does not apply to gay adoption in all circumstances.
Ana Leiderman appealed to the court to let her partner, Veronica Botero, adopt her biological daughter after the Colombian Family Wellbeing Institute...

Meerut: In Meerut, 12 HIV positive boys have been given a new lease of life by a young couple. A close encounter with death promoted Ajay Sharma to look at life differently and encouraged him to transform lives. Supporting Sharma in this cause is his wife. The couple have adopted...

Mathura: A twoday old baby girl was found abandoned outside a temple in Mathura. The baby was later taken to an orphanage which houses many other children with similar fates.
This twodayold baby was abandoned by her parents simply because she is a girl.
Member of Child Welfare Society Pratibha Sharma...

Los Angeles: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian wishes to adopt a Thai child whom she met in an orphanage in Thailand.
The 33yearold reality TV star was seen vacationing in Thailand with her family on their show "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" and also went to an orphanage on the behest...

We have all heard about Mochaccinos and Cappuccinos, but what about cataccinos. At a cafe in New York, you can order just that. New York's cat cafe is now open for business. It's a place where cat and coffee lovers can talk cat health and learn about cat adoption with...

New Delhi: Irrespective of their religious background, people are free to adopt children, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday paving the way for adoption of child by persons hailing from Muslim community even though it is not allowed under their personal law.
Holding that Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children)...

Bangalore/Mysore: Two brothers, with a tragic past that left them orphaned. They barely remember their how they lost their parents. But today, they dream of a home in Italy. The elder, eightyearold, hopes to become an engineer, while the younger, sixyearold, dreams of becoming a doctor. But what the future...

The surprise victory of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the recent Delhi Assembly elections has brought to the fore the crucial role played by the party's NRI supporters across the globe.
Local country and city teams of AAP consisting of Non Resident Indians from across the world adopted a particular...

The Bombay High Court will on February 12 decide whether the custody of an adopted minor girl child should be given to either of her estranged parents or to another family.
A division bench of Justices VM Kanade and Girish Kulkarni was hearing counterappeals filed by a Goabased woman and by...

Dogs are considered a 'Man's Best Friend' for good reason. They are loyal, they can shower you with unlimited love and they don't ask for much in return. Be it a pug or a stray, a dog loves its owner in the same adorable, priceless way. We have compiled a...

Muzaffarnagar: Two weeks after the Muzaffarnagar riots, an abandoned baby and her adoptive mother have become an example of hope.
In a dilapidated hut in rural Muzzafarnagar, little Ariba sleeps happily in her mother's lap, smiling from time to time, unmindful of the circumstances of her birth. Rabia found her abandoned...

What these nine years have taught my wife Vibha and me is this: Adoption is not some kind of special or unusual thing to do. Before Surabhi came to us, I think I imagined that it would indeed be a special happening, and that excited me. Yet today, in what...

Moscow: Thousands of demonstrators gathered for a march in Moscow on Sunday to protest against a ban on Americans adopting Russian children, saying President Vladimir Putin's government had made orphans pawns in a political dispute. Kremlin critics and other opponents of the ban converged on a central boulevard in freezing...

Thane: A Thanebased social organisation has offered to adopt the teenaged girl from Dombivili town in Thane who was allegedly sexually abused by her father and brother for the last two years. Social organisation 'Parivartan' wants to adopt and take care of the girl's future, organisation's members Jyoti Patkar and...

Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, part of a harsh response to a US law targeting Russians deemed to be human rights violators. Although some top Russian officials including the foreign minister openly opposed the bill and Putin himself had been...

Moscow: The upper chamber of Russia's parliament on December 26 unanimously voted in favor of a measure banning Americans from adopting Russian children. It now goes to President Vladimir Putin to sign or turn down. All 143 members of the Federation Council present voted to support the bill, which has...

Los Angeles: Hollywood actress Katie Holmes is reportedly planning to adopt a little girl because her daughter Suri wants a sister. The 33yearold 'Dead Accounts' Broadway actress, who split from 'Mission Impossible' star Tom Cruise in June after six years of marriage, is said to be eager for their sixyearold...

Thiruvananthapuram: Premier Indian condom manufacturer HLL Lifecare Limited has adopted Karakulam village in Thiruvananthapuram district as part of its corporate social responsibility programme.
HLL has planned a range of initiatives including health camps, cancer diagnostics camps, free diabetes checkups and free distribution of sanitary products for girls in the village.
HLL is...

Chennai: Even as a craze for pedigree dogs has been doing the rounds in the city, a determined group of people have been tirelessly promoting the Great Indian Dog. Their efforts seemed to have paid off at the Blue Cross Adoptathon on Sunday evening, as a majority of those who...

Los Angeles: Socialite Kim Kardashian has been spotted around with a new adopted teacup Persian kitten. She has named her Mercy. The reality TV star introduced the kitten to her fans on Twitter, with a series of snapshots.
Kardashian referred to the pet as 'my new baby Mercy', and was later...